For the Birds (King short story)
It was originally published in 1986 as part of the short story collection Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?.The story takes place in 1995, where pollution has resulted in the rooks that live in London dying off.Concerned that this will impact on tourism, the London City Council looks to source replacement rooks from a place with a similar climate until the pollution problem can be resolved.Impatient to see progress, the Council sends the ornithologist a daily telegram reading "Bred any good rooks lately?"[1] "For the Birds" was originally published in 1986 as part of Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?, a collection of "shaggy dog tales".